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How many of you all use a diffuser? I have done 2 smokes on my UDS; spares which came out ok; not as tender as I would have liked and some of the tips were hards; but I did have some fire mngmt issues and I do a no-foil smoke for about 6 hours. I did 2 pork butts last weekend and the flavor...
Finally found 2 barrels. The guy told me they are food grade safe drums with the lid attached. They had a food grade sanitizer in them. He said it was basically rubbing alcohold and would get burned up on your first time under fire. Now, the lids are attached so I would have to cut them...
Do any of you use a wind break? I need one but not sure what I should use to make one. Fought the wind a little bit and had to wheel the firebox side of the grill into the garage. Is the rule of thumb to keep the firebox out of direct wind; so if the wind is going directly into the firebox, I...
Mine did the same thing too. I'm not too concerned about it. I have a little smoke loss coming out near the right hinge but I dont really notice it that much. The stuff i have is rated 500 deg, but I think the surface of the sfb can get hotter than that. I might sand and reapply.
What I ended up doing was carefully bending the lip with some pliers. So now it is actually flush to bottom of the barrel (or a nice seal) but I have no problem opening/closing the lid; nothing is rubbing against the lid and barrel. I'm digging this somker and the mods were easy. I did do the...
Well I got most of my mods done. Will update my thread tonight. I did a seasoning run on friday night and was ok with the temps; about -7 deg difference right to left. I'll take it. I then cooked some abts, fatty & a chicken Saturday and I noticed I lost a lot of smoke out the back of the...
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